Over 200 people attended by Internet of Things session at Denver Startup Week 2016! Titled “How Denver is Leading the Internet of Things”, the session featured Denver area IoT entrepreneurs, investors and analysts who highlighed IoT innovations flowing from Denver Metro that can turn the promise of the Internet of Things into reality. For . . . → Read More: How Denver is Leading the Internet of Things – Denver Startup Week – October 2, 2015

Huh. I’ve been developing, strategizing and writing about connected devices for more than a decade, and we’ve all been hearing about the Internet-enabled refrigerator since 1999… and yet, as I finished a full kitchen remodel in my home, I realized that there isn’t even ONE connected device within it.

The Internet of Things opens up an expansive set of revenue and service opportunities for enterprises, yet for those benefits to be realized, IoT devices and the networks over which they communicate must be robust and secure.

While much of the focus given to the Internet of Things lately is centered on connected consumer products, innovation is also happening at a rapid pace in industrial and enterprise applications — including public safety. From police body cameras and license plate readers, to high-tech connected medical equipment in ambulances, to sensors monitoring road . . . → Read More: Why I Sleep Better at Night: IoT in Public Safety – Connected World Magazine – April 2015

“Not Your Father’s Platform – How to Connect the Internet of Things” was the subject of a joint presentation Laurie Lamberth and Allison Jones, Software Engineer for machineshop.io, gave to the Denver/Boulder chapter of Women Who Code (WWC) on February 3, 2015. WWC is a non-profit organization hosts technical study groups, demos, hackathons and . . . → Read More: Teaching Women Who Code How to Connect the Internet of Things – February 4, 2015

2015 stands to be a great year for all of us — I hope — and this outcome seems certain for the developers of several hot new platforms for M2M and the Internet of Things. The four new-school platforms I review in my January/February 2015 column in Connected World Magazine which blur the bright line I drew in my column between device management and application enablement platforms. . . . → Read More: Not Your Father’s Platform: M2M/IoT Platforms Evolve — Connected World Magazine, January 2015

Thanks, Onalytica, for naming me to berth 40 in in your 2014 “M2M Top 100 Influencers” list! Released on December 10, the list names the 100 people and brands that are “driving the conversation” regarding M2M in social media — particularly on Twitter. M2M is a name for the technologies that collectively underly the Internet of Things . . . → Read More: Laurie Lamberth Named #40 M2M Influencer in Onalytics M2M Top 100 – December 10, 2014

I get asked about M2M and the Internet of Things (IoT) all the time. Sometimes on the record as an Associate Partner with strategic consultancy 151 Advisors, other times as a Council Member for expert network Gerson Lehrman Group. While the questions I get asked range all over the map, several are quite common — and these form the basis for my December, 2012 Connected World Magazine column “M2M and Internet of Things FAQs.” . . . → Read More: Whaddya Want to Know? M2M & IoT FAQs — Connected World Magazine, December 2014